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тАО04-27-2006 10:24 PM
тАО04-27-2006 10:24 PM
Disk migration RAID 1 problem
I want to migrate my Win2K-Installtion from a ML350 G2 with Smart Array 641 to ML 370 G3 with Smart Array 642 Controller. The OS-Partition of the source server is mirrored with RAID1.
The idea is to take off one of the mirrored disks and put it in server 2. After this the 642-controller reports "1787-Slot1 Drive Array Operating in Interim Recovery Mode". So far so good. I then performed a Win2k repair installation and my system is up again. Everything seems to run ok.
As next step I added a second disk to rebuild the mirror. But ACU still tells me that the array is running in Interim Recovery Mode.
I can't find a way to rebuild or to manage the mirror. Also I can't tell the controller to operate with the second disk.
Can anybody help me?
TIA
Frank
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тАО04-28-2006 04:16 AM
тАО04-28-2006 04:16 AM
Re: Disk migration RAID 1 problem
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тАО04-28-2006 08:46 PM
тАО04-28-2006 08:46 PM
Re: Disk migration RAID 1 problem
I pulled the drive (hot plug) without shutting down the server.
Is there a difference between the two methods?
Thanks
Frank
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тАО04-29-2006 01:28 AM
тАО04-29-2006 01:28 AM
Re: Disk migration RAID 1 problem
Pulling drive out on the fly can cause all kind Problems: including data loss, Array configuration corruption, RIS ..est
Hot Plug is not a Hot Pull - see attachment
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тАО04-30-2006 07:03 PM
тАО04-30-2006 07:03 PM
Re: Disk migration RAID 1 problem
In that situation I don't have the choice to shut down the server to pull out the disk. In other words: I don't have a chance to eject the disk in a "safe mode".
Isn't there any chance to rebuild the mirror?
Does the state stay in "Interim Recovery Mode" or are there any tools to rebuild the mirror?
Frank
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тАО05-01-2006 04:16 PM
тАО05-01-2006 04:16 PM
Re: Disk migration RAID 1 problem
Did you changed the drive's position? bay?
Run ADU, save report and call HP support, ask the agent if he can help you finding SCSI backplane errors on the report.
The rebuild process might be been queued by other operation.
If the Raid 1 is still running on ACU, try assigning the drive as a hot spare for the raid to see if the controller start the rebuild on this drive.
Regards.
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тАО05-01-2006 04:21 PM
тАО05-01-2006 04:21 PM
Re: Disk migration RAID 1 problem
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тАО05-01-2006 06:28 PM
тАО05-01-2006 06:28 PM
Re: Disk migration RAID 1 problem
With regards to your concerns. I understand the arguement. It "feels" like you should be able to pull a drive out on the fly, because that's exactly what you do when a drive crashes and you hot replace it.
The difference is that when a drive crashes, it's the dead drive you remove. It becomes corrupted by being hot pulled, but it's already gone.
The drive which stays in the server, because there was nothing wrong with it, is unaffected by your actions on the dead drive and hence keeps running.
In other words, a drive is only "consistent" when pulled from a shutdown server, and if you think hard enough, this is not a problem in general.